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HebrewH1938Proper Noun (Masculine)

הוֹדַוְיָה

ho.dav.yah

4Occurrences
H1938Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Hodavjah, the name of three Israelites

from H1935 (הוֹד) and H3050 (יָהּ); majesty of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) Also named: ho.day.va.hu (*הוֹדַיְוָהוּ *"Hodaiah" H1939) § Hodaviah = "praise ye Jehovah" 1) a man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan 2) a man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah 3) a Levite, who seems to have given his name to an important family in the tribe

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

הוֹדַוְיָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:24BSB

The sons of Elioenai:Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

1 Chronicles 5:24BSB

These were the heads of their families:Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel.They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.

1 Chronicles 9:7BSB

From the Benjamites:Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

Ezra 2:40BSB

The Levites:the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah ), 74.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.